2025
Certificate number: BCL 001/2025 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
APPACDM de Viseu
Certificate number: BCL 001/2025 RTI
The Biosphere Certified badge is awarded after verifying that sustainable practices are being implemented correctly. It guarantees that the entity is fulfilling its commitments.
Sustainability efforts
APPACDM de Viseu is committed to making great efforts towards sustainability. Read on to find out more:
The global sustainability of APPACDM de Viseu
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals entails certain difficulties, but APPACDM de Viseu has done it, and with flying colors.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
- They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
Attributes
Food and beverages
Authentic entertainment
Mobility
Eco and Environment
Climate Change
Accessibility
Think Global, Act Local
Sustainability areas
Environment and Climate Change
The actions of a sustainable entity must provide solutions to the water crisis and the lack of resources. These are the different contributions offered by APPACDM de Viseu:
The sustainability of the processes of catchment, supply, sanitation and treatment of the resource is guaranteed in the following way:
- They carry out campaigns to inform and raise awareness about cleanliness and the responsible use of water.
- Its facilities encourage you to consume less water and more efficiently.
- They care about the quality and cleanliness of their water systems.
- They adopt measures to avoid contaminating the waters with their activity.
According to the UN, access to electricity in the poorest countries has begun to accelerate, while energy efficiency continues to improve and renewable energy is achieving excellent results. APPACDM de Viseu is doing its bit in the following ways:
The company contributes to ensuring and promoting universal access to clean, smart and modern energy services:
- They prioritize the use of green and more renewable energy sources.
- They adopt energy efficiency measures in their facilities.
- They carry out awareness campaigns on the use of energy.
The entity implements sustainable consumption and production patterns, for example:
- They promote the 3Rs in their facilities and production models: reduce, recycle and reuse.
- They prioritize the purchase and consumption of local and sustainable products and services.
- They apply responsible production and consumption criteria.
- They control, monitor and report on the management of their waste and impacts.
As a global response to climate change, the entity carries out actions such as:
- They encourage sustainable mobility.
- They promote resilience to climate change.
To strive for sustainable underwater life, from this entity:
- They support more sustainable uses of marine resources.
- They collaborate to prevent pollution of the seas, oceans and rivers.
As a strategy and measures relating to the prevention of negative impacts, from this entity:
- They strive to prevent the degradation of terrestrial ecosystems and habitats.
- They act to reduce the impacts of their activity on biodiversity.
Society and Culture
In order to promote inclusive economic development, from this entity:
- They promote social-economic growth in their environment.
- They participate in international humanitarian solidarity projects.
To promote healthy activities and prevent health risks:
- They promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles and habits.
- They implement sanitary measures against Covid and other infectious pathologies.
- They apply safety and risk prevention measures.
To ensure the existence of inclusive and quality training:
- They care about training their staff.
- They participate in the development of educational projects of other entities.
Through sustainability, the role of women in companies can be strengthened. That's why APPACDM de Viseu is committed to revising its organizational structure. Read on to find out how:
To become a powerful tool for women's empowerment, from this entity:
- They adopt labor measures for gender equality.
- They control and evaluate their measures of empowerment and equality.
- They promote labor empowerment in their work systems.
The constant urbanization of environments can generate long-term problems, such as forgetting the memory of the community. To avoid these mistakes and meet these challenges, APPACDM de Viseu has decided to:
To work to avoid the pernicious effects of overcrowding, from this entity:
- They promote the conservation of the local cultural and natural heritage.
- They offer information about the local heritage and the traditions of the place.
- They provide information and access to accessible and more sustainable transport.
- Its offer includes local cultural products and activities.
Democracy is necessary for sustainable development, so we must recognize the efforts of this entity to work on actions such as:
To inspire sincerity and participation, from this entity:
- They care about knowing and improving the satisfaction of their customers.
- They apply policies against all forms of corruption and exploitation
- They promote more responsible and participatory management systems.
- They make known their commitments, good practices and sustainable efforts.
- They use indicators to measure quality
- They use indicators to measure their sustainable progress.
Governance and Economy
To ensure a responsible consumption model, actions are carried out, such as:
- Its gastronomic offer is prepared following health safety protocols.
The creation of decent and productive employment is one of the fundamental pillars of economic and sustainable growth, which is why APPACDM de Viseu has decided to work along these lines.
In this entity, to create decent and productive employment:
- They offer quality employment, promoting local hiring and training.
- They facilitate work-life balance and the employment of less favored groups.
- They protect and respect the labor and equality rights of their workers.
To achieve efficient use of resources we need to innovate and improve our infrastructure and industry. In pursuit of this goal APPACDM de Viseu undertakes efforts such as:
We all have to put ourselves at the service of the communities, and to this end, in this entity:
- Prioritise the use of new technologies for more sustainable activity.
- Adopt resilience measures in the face of eventualities and disasters.
- Promote improvements in the infrastructure of the neighbourhood/community around them.
- They encourage the planning, design and construction of sustainable infrastructures.
APPACDM de Viseu strives to ensure equal opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory elements in our daily lives, giving opportunities to those who normally do not receive them.
To incorporate equality criteria, in this entity:
- They apply social integration, non-discriminatory and inclusive policies.
- Facilitate universal accessibility for their customers and workers.
- They support SMEs and local businesses in the development of their activity.
It is necessary to build alliances for sustainability. To this end:
- They collaborate with academic institutions in favor of sustainable development.
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